Box 1
Container
Contains 53 Results:
Agnell, Paul (Amalgamated Metal Workers) 1923 Request Item
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Alfred, Decker and Cohn, 1919-25 Request Item
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
All American Farmer-Labor Cooperative Commission, 1920 Request Item
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Abstract
Sidney Hillman accepts position on executive committee.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Amalgamated Bank of New York, 1925-27 Request Item
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Abstract
Arrangement with Prom Bank.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
American Clothing Manufacturers Association of New York, 1915-19 Request Item
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Abstract
Preliminaries to the New York City Lockout, January 1916 (wages, hours, working conditions); impact of technology on work; 44 hour week demanded by union; substantial contribution to the Jewish War Sufferers Relief Fund; complaints by contractors; bidding for labor-association versus non-association.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Anderson, Mary (Women in Industry Service, U.S. Department of Labor) 1919 Request Item
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Arone, Paul (Joint Board Shirt and Boys Waist Workers Union) 1920 Request Item
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Abstract
Difficulty organizing cutters in New York.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Artoni, G. (Organizer, Rochester and Buffalo, N.Y.) 1923-27 Request Item
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Abstract
Italian workers in Buffalo discontent; open shop; organizing Polish workers; Artoni's resignation.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Associated Boys Clothing Manufacturers of Greater New York, 1916 Request Item
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Abstract
Schwartz and Jaffee strike.
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)
Barber, Frank, 1925 Request Item
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence primarily documenting Sidney Hillman's activities as the ACWA's first president during its formative years. Early correspondence with such figures as Joseph Schlossberg and Jacob Potofsky describes the 1914 split with the United Garment Workers, which led to the formation of the ACWA. Letters from Potofsky, E.J. Brais and Frank Rosenblum also discuss the process of industrial unionization, the amalgamation of the craft unions that had previously represented organized workers...
Dates:
1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)